it ll be awkward if they make the playoff and don t have a head coach. i will never understand the timing of some of these college football coach moves, right before these championship games and bowl games. andy, thank you very much. new day continues right now. welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. it is tuesday, november 30th. i m john berman with brianna keilar. breaking overnight, the omicron variant of coronavirus has now been detected on five continents. nearly a week after being first discovered. now, this is not unexpected. scientists expected this to happen, and it doesn t get to the major questions about how severe the illness might be. japan just identified its first case hours ago. that means 19 countries or territories have now diagnosed at least one case of omicron. there are no confirmed cases in the u.s. as of now, but if you listen to dr. fauci and others, it is almost certainly here. with so much still unknown about th
several developments on the mystery still surrounding the omicron coronavirus variant. at least 19 countries now have confirmed cases of the variant, which has spread to five continents. this morning japan is taking a major step after reporting its first case, shutting down its borders to all foreign travelers. the south african doctor who was one of the first treat patients sick with this new variant calls travel bans an overreaction, especially since there is so much we still don t know. listen. i think it was an overreaction. i do understand that there s a lot of mutations in this virus. i do understand that it might be much more far spreading than the delta variant. people say yes, but i m trying to protect my people. so then the question would be how doon it s not in your country yet? how do you know that a lot of those infections that you are currently seeing that is severe, how do you know it s not related to the omicron? how do you know? here in the united states,
were either canceled or that we were not allowed to board. reporter: but today president joe biden tried to assure the american people that these are precautionary measures. this variant is a cause for concern, not a cause for panic. reporter: and he along with other top health officials continue to echo one main message. get vaccinated. please, folks, if you have been on the fence, i m not a politician. i m a scientist. maybe we can even ask all the politicians to agree on this one. get your vaccine. get your booster. it s the best chance we ve got to drive this covid-19 pandemic away. jake, as we have been saying, there s still a lot we don t know about this new coronavirus omicron, including whether or not it evades vaccines. in fact, if it indeed does, pfizer and biontech staying is prepared to adapt its vaccines within six weeks. johnson & johnson also saying it is pursuing an omicron specific vaccine as well. as you heard from president biden and public health
ladies secretly prefer. hunter caveman thing, take the hairy guy on the right. up close and personal with the devil. actually, a dust devil, as a matter of fact. but what makes this particular dust devil special and unique is because it s at the summit of the volcano on the island in the south pacific. pretty cool, this shot by matthew davidson. i like the color. was this a challenge on survivor? it was certainly challenging to be around it. it s like being sand blasted. keep in mind the summit of this volcano isn t like hanging out near your closest hilton. you have limited resources and shelter. in fact, our buddy jeff sent us some photos of what it looked like around the encampment after this dust devil passed through. tents really aren t fans of high winds like that. you can see minor damage, things tossed about. this is the shelter you ve got. guys even wearing breathing apparatus inside the shelters. as if it isn t already extreme enough expedition, you have
hunter caveman thing, take the hairy guy on the right. up close and personal with the devil. actually, a dust devil, as a matter of fact. but what makes this particular dust devil special and unique is because it s at the summit of the volcano on the island in the south pacific. pretty cool, this shot by matthew davidson. i like the color. survivor? it was certainly challenging to be around it. it s like being sand blasted. keep in mind the summit of this volcano isn t like hanging out near your closest hilton. you have limited resources and shelter. in fact, our buddy jeff sent us some photos of what it looked like around the encampment after this dust devil passed through. tents really aren t fans of high winds like that. you can see minor damage, things tossed about. apparatus inside the shelters. as if it isn t already extreme enough expedition, you have to deal with that. but that s part of the journey, part of the allure and excitement, that you prepare not